Railway-crossing.



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Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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UGUST G-ERSTNER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application led. September 21, 1907. Serial No. 393.94%`

To all whom it/mag; concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST GERSTNER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the' borough of Brooklyn, in the city and I- State of New York, have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Railway-Crossings, of which t e following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide 'a railway crossing having its crossing rails so shaped that the car wheels will be supported on their flanges instead of on their treads when passing over the crossing thus eliminating the jar and noise incident to the usual jumping ofthe cai' wheels across the spaces in the tops of the rails left open for e passage of the wheels of a car on the crossingtrack, and also to provide a quick and inexpensive method'of replacing the intersecting portions of the rails when it is de- 1, sired for any reason so to do.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawin s, in which i.

igure 1 represents my improved railway crossing in top plan, the parts intermediate the intersecting portions of the rails being broken away, Fig. 2 is a section in the lane of the line A-A of Fig. 1, lookin in t e direction 'of the arrows, a car w eel being shown in dotted lines in several different positions along one of the track rails, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of my improved socket piece for holdin the intersecting portions ol the rails, and ig. 4 is a similar view of one of the intersecting rail portions.

The pairs of intersecting track rails are denoted by 1, 2, and 3, 4, respectively. j

The tops of each set of intersecting rails on which the treads of the car wheels are su ported are gradually inclined downwardly toward their points of intersection, as shown at 5, 6, so that, as each car wheel ap roaches the intersection of the trackrails, t e Harige of the car wheel will gradually engage tbe track rail along which it is traveling, the treads of' the car wheel at the same time being gradually se arated from the track rail, until finally said wheel is entirely supported upon its iiange.

The top surfaces 7 of the track. rails betp'een the points of intersection are prefera wil be supported by its `flange until the wheelc has passed both of the intersecting track rails.

To facilitate thereplacement of those porleft depressed so that the car wheell tions of the rails which* immediately intersect aiid are consequently subject to the most wear, l provide socket pieces SWhich are in tended to be firmly embedded in the ground or securely fastened in whatever place desired and which are so formed as to receive and snugly embrace the intersecting portions of the rails. I preferablymake these intersecting rail portions in one piece as shown at 9 for the main purposes of strength, alinement of the rails and ease of reiiiova The socket piece 8 and the intersecting rail portion 9 are provided with bolt holes 10, 1,1, which register when the parts `are in position and which are intended for the insertionA ofl bolts 12 Which'servc to hold the intersecting rail portion 9 in place in the socket piece 8. The socket piece 8 is also fitted to receive the ends of the main rails and bolts 13 are provided for securin the ends of the main rail in lace in the said socket piece.

fhen, .for any reason, such as wear or breakage, it is desired to renew the intersecting-rail portions, the bolts 12 may be removed and the intersecting rail portion 9 taken from its socket piece 8. A similar intersecting rail portion may then be inserted in the socket piece and fastened `in place by said bolts. It Will be readily seen that this is an easy, inexpensive, simple and effective means of replacing worn out intersecting rail portions'and one which does not involve the disturbance of any other portions of the track.

The structure hereinabove described per mits the car wheels to pass over the interh secting track rails without noise and jai' and it eliminates the undue wear on the car Wheel treads which results from the yusual method of jumping across the spaces in the track rails at the intersecting points with the other track rails, and it also provides a method ofeasilyv replacing any worn or defective portions of the rails at their intcrsection.

It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the construction herein shown and described as the above is only one way of carr Ting out my invention, but

W hat I claim is l. In a railway crossing, intersecting rail portions, intermediate rail sections having their top surfaces in the same plane withu the top sur aces thereof and outer rail sections having their top surfaces inclined downwardly toward the top surfaces of said interl lll secting rail portions,` and meeting said top surfaces of said intersecting rail portions at a level therewith.

2. In a railway crossing, intersecting rail portions, socket pieces fitted to receive them,

intermediate rail sections having their top in v invention, I have signed my name in i presence of two Witnesses, this twelfth day j of September 1907.

surfaces in the saine plane With the top surfaces of the intersecting rail portions, and outer rail scc-tions having .their top surfaces inclined downwardly toward the top surfaces of said intersecting rail portions.

3. ln a railway crossing, socket pieces, intersecting rail portions removably secured therein, intermediate rail sections having their top surfaces in the saine plane with the 1.a l top surfaces of the intersecting rail portions and outer rail sections having their top surfaces inclined downwardly toward the top surfaces of said intersecting rail portions.

In' testimony, that I claim the foregoing as 20 AUGUST GERSTN ER.

W itnesses:

F. GEORGE BARRY, C. S. SUNDGREN, 

